Spax settings
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Chaps,

what do you have your spax/ gaz etc shocks set to on your ROAD cars?

I'm currently running 4 front and 2 rear on 10" rims.

Cheers,

Choppo

Hannibal: There are two ways we can do this: the easy way and the hard way. In a few minutes my friends and I are going to come down on you like your worst nightmare. You're gonna wish the Earth had opened up and swallowed you whole.
bad guy: What's the easy way?
Hannibal: That WAS the easy way.

8 front 6 rear and seems to handle great.

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe.

Just keep playing with them to you fins what suits you.

Just beware of going too hard especially on the rear......(ooo eerr!!!)

8-6 ok, i'll twiddle em! and thanks for the warning tom - don't want that arse end skippin' out - although that can look rather cheeky!!

choppo

Hannibal: There are two ways we can do this: the easy way and the hard way. In a few minutes my friends and I are going to come down on you like your worst nightmare. You're gonna wish the Earth had opened up and swallowed you whole.
bad guy: What's the easy way?
Hannibal: That WAS the easy way.

I learnt it the hard way.......got spax for the first time aged 18, guy in shop recommended 'x' clicks (can't remember number) to get std stiffness, I thought "arse to that" so put all 4 as hard as they would go.
All was good and like a go kart until I came onto a large roundabout a bit quick and had a large moment narrowly missing a HGV.......needless to say I stopped on the side of the road and turned them down a bit....

hi everyone..

i recently bought a set of these babies on the bay, the seller said they are brand spanking new(the look new) but i cant for the life of me get the to "close" i treid putting my hole wieght on top of them but they wont budge, i tried all the setiings, still no luck, is this normal?? arnet they supposed to move up and down when you push hard on them? or are these buggers faulty?

thanks for all the halp guys:

ps: its the yellow, adjustables. the shorter ones.

i found out the the shocks were already "closed" thats why no matter how hard i pushed they wouldnt budge... which brings me to my next question, whne you close the shock, is it not supposed to come back up?? cause these stay exactly as i leave them.... inst this a sign that they are shot???

oh ok...so that means they are fine then. another quick question, on one of the dampers, when i turn the screw that you use to make it harder or softer. it doesnt click, and just keeps turning.. any ideias?

On the lots of point adjustables (lowered). I set the back about 2/5 of the front. Favourite setting is fronts dead hard. I can't remember the back clicks number now, or how I also set up my tyre pressures, which is the pressure required to get "the right" tread patch at rest. Tyre pressures are also mega important also.

It's pseudo science, but it works.

Bugger off, I'm getting there.

thanks for that mate... will be usefull in the future but my problem was that one of the shock, the adjusting screw doesnt click, just keeps turning... which ever way i turn it.. :(

i know ill look a complete tosser but which way is hard and which way is soft? lol

no longer a series, but still 1.3 turbo.

Clockwise = Hard

regards
colin

spax on the rear of mine are backed right off and i still think its to stiff

Im running the red spax dampers, can anyone tell me how many clips they adjust too? i heard that if you turn them too fare the mechanism fucks up and they are no long adjustable?

1972 998 TURBO SLEEPER

You cannot turn them too far and fuck them.

If, however, you can turn them forever then they are likely to be fucked. This fault is unlikely to have been caused by operator error, more likely something has broken with use/age.

Just because to things seem related, and someone says they are don't always believe it.

I'm with Wolfie though, Spax or equivelent are too hard for road use.

Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph

what would you consider to be a good shock for a lowered road car then?

personally i dont think there are any great dampers for under £600.

1972 998 TURBO SLEEPER